What chemicals or minerals(or whateva) are found in bananas?

Question

...and what are they good or bad for?

Answer 1

Banana, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g
Energy 90 kcal 370 kJ
Carbohydrates 22.84 g
- Sugars 12.23 g
- Dietary fiber 2.6 g
Fat 0.33 g
Protein 1.09 g
Thiamin (Vit. B1) 0.031 mg 2%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.073 mg 5%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.665 mg 4%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.334 mg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.367 mg 28%
Folate (Vit. B9) 20 μg 5%
Vitamin C 8.7 mg 15%
Calcium 5 mg 1%
Iron 0.26 mg 2%
Magnesium 27 mg 7%
Phosphorus 22 mg 3%
Potassium 358 mg 8%
Zinc 0.15 mg 1%

Percentages are relative to US
recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient database

Answer 2

One thing that bananas have a great deal of is potassium. Potassium is like the off switch to your nerve messages and sodium (found in salt) is the on switch. If you are low on potassium (too much diarrhea or vomiting can do it as can some disease or body dysfunction; also elderly people often take potassium) one thing is cramps in arch of feet or legs. I believe that cramps {like a charlie horse} are a common expression of low potassium.
I believe that in the Gulf War, there was chemical warfare that activated the potassium (on switch) and prevented sodium (off switch) from being usable. What this meant was that a soldier contaminated would start convulsing as his body's on switch was open. It would take less than 5 Min's for the body to exhaust its energy supply and the soldier would be dead. Unconfirmed rumors said that the soldiers had to carry IV Valium to inject fellow soldiers who started this convulsing because medics couldn't get to them quick enough. If this unconfirmed rumor is true I believe that it is the first time that we have had to have non-medical personal administer treatment to their fellow soldiers.
Your bananas have the potassium which turns off your muscles like turning off a light. Sodium turns it on.
Hope that helps some.

Answer 3

Bananas contain potassium which is an essential mineral.

Answer 4

Bananas are particularly high in Potassium.

Potassium is a mineral that is necessary for a variety of functions in your body.

Other than that they are simply high in sugar.

Answer 5

Bannanas are very high in potassium and give you alot of energy, they are a complex carbohydrate which means they give you energy over a period of time instead of all at once (therefore keeping you full for longer).

Answer 6

potasium is good. It helps maintain fluid and electrolyte balances in the body

Answer 7

good things potassim and natural sugars

Answer 8

kalium!

its good for our health